Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Geometroidea → family Geometridae → subfamily Larentiinae → tribe Operophterini → genus Operophtera → species Operophtera brumata
Species name(s)
Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena (Geometra) brumata Linnaeus, 1758 = grisearia (de Villers, 1789) = vulgaris (Stephens, 1820) = myricaria (Cooke, 1882) = Operophtera bramata (Linnaeus, 1758). [3, 9, 10]
Winter Moth.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 2.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic, Nearctic.
Russia regions
#1. Kaliningradsky; #2. Kolsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky.
Forewing length
13—14 mm.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black, White.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
- Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Iceland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia , Moldova, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland,Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Faroe Islands, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kola, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, South West Siberian, South -Uralsky. [3].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Длина переднего крыла самца доходит до 1,4 см, на крыле поперечные зубчатые линии. У самки крылья рудиментарные. [85].
General info about Imago
- Имаго можно встретить в садах, лиственно-смешанных лесах и парках. [85].
Imago lifespan
- Озимая пяденица летает с середины октября до конца декабря, а если октябрь выдался теплый, то может начинать летать и еще позднее — так легче избежать насекомоядных птиц, большая часть которых к этому времени уже улетела на юг. [85].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Betula, Corylus avellana, Carpinus, Quercus, Salix, Populus, Ulmus, Ribes, Rosa, Rubus, Pyrus, Malus, Sorbus, Crataegus, Cotoneaster, Prunus, Tilia, Acer, Rhamnus, Fraxinus. [28].
- Гусеницы этой пяденицы «объедают почки и листья плодовых деревьев», тем и живы, тем и знамениты. Кроме того, пищей для них служат листья других лиственных деревьев, лишайники, гниющая трава. [85].
Overwintering stage
- Зимует на стадии яйца. [85].
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Eugene Karolinskiy, Andrey Ponomarev. Text data: Peter Khramov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
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